A number of institutions and organizations have created lessons to help you introduce primary sources. Adapt the lessons as needed to suit your situation. A short explanation is included about each of the links.
Digital History
Steven Mintz, the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History at the University of Houston is the guide to the Digital History resources on American History. This resource is quite user friendly and is up to date. Contains many resources for all age groups using primary sources and for teaching history.
History Matters
Designed for high school and college teachers and students,
History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers
other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
Teaching with Documents This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.
Lesson Plans
A number of institutions and organizations have created lessons to help you introduce primary sources. Adapt the lessons as needed to suit your situation. A short explanation is included about each of the links.
Using primary source lesson from the Smithsonian. This is a lesson.
Steven Mintz, the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History at the University of Houston is the guide to the Digital History resources on American History. This resource is quite user friendly and is up to date. Contains many resources for all age groups using primary sources and for teaching history.
Designed for high school and college teachers and students,
History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers
other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.